HAMILTON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
“HAMARC”
Hamilton, Ohio
History
Amateur radio operators (“hams”) join clubs, are members of more than one club at the same time because different clubs have varied activities, interests, and their own personality, and they also leave clubs.
Although ham operators join clubs for different reasons, they also leave clubs for different reasons. Between March 20-23, 2012, four amateur radio operators who had left a club e-mailed each other about getting together as a small group to continue their hobby together and have fun with their friends.
On March 24, 2012, the group met in the home of Bob KD8RLA simply to discuss getting together in the near future to operate as little group... perhaps conduct Field Day 2012 together... and have fun with our hobby and each other.
At that March 24 meeting instead of four interested hams showing up, a group of eight showed up and some persons in the group had not seen each other for months and therefore it was also a reunion for some of us.
Bob KD8RLA foresaw that a small group might have the desire to get together and just in case he had several things standing by and ready-to-go. He had an application for a club license with all the required organizational documents ready-to-go, a start-up website and registered domain name for the group ready-to-go, and a club name which reflected a one-hundred-year-old amateur radio club in the City of Hamilton, Ohio.
He and the group jokingly adopted a “pirate” theme to the meeting and the start-up website because many in the group who were with another club felt they “jumped off a ship” they did not want to be crew members anymore while others felt they were “thrown overboard” or were told to “walk the gangplank”.
When we gathered for that spontaneous meeting in March, we realized that our “core group” had such significant talent, experience, and knowledge in so many areas in addition to amateur radio that we could overcome many obstacles and that we were indeed also a dominating factor in the success of other clubs in the past. Less than ten days later the “Hamilton Amateur Radio Club” (HAMARC) was born and had a callsign, and we were ready to receive more “shipmates”!
As this small group sails ahead into an unknown future we’ll keep a lookout for anyone who might want to come aboard. Whatever happens in the future we intend to have a “whale” of a time!
If you would like to join us in our adventures, you can start by filling out our membership form and emailing it to
The name........... Hamilton Amateur Radio Club............ was quite fitting because of the amateur radio related historical location of the group’s first meeting and the amateur radio history of Hamilton Ohio dating back to the very early 1900’s.
Shown below is a 1912 photograph of the original “Hamilton Radio Club” taken on the front steps of the residence of Bob KD8RLA........ 100 years ago! The 1912 club was one of the first organized amateur radio clubs in the United States!
Saturday Breakfast and 3rd Tuesday Dinner Schedule
We always meet for breakfast at 8:00 AM.
May 11 Lindenwald Station at 5072 Pleasant Ave Fairfield in Reigert Square
May 18 Perkins at 745 Nilles Road in Fairfield
May 25 Millville Restaurant at 1198 Millville Ross Road in Millville
June 1 Lindenwald Station at 5072 Pleasant Ave Fairfield in Reigert Square
June 8 Perkins at 745 Nilles Road in Fairfield
June 15 Millville Restaurant at 1198 Millville Ross Road in Millville
PDF of the 2024 Breakfast Schedule
We gather at 6PM for 3rd Tuesday Dinners
May 21 Rib City at 746 NW Washington Boulevard in Hamilton, OH
June 18 Twin Dragon Chinese Buffet at 7763 Tylersville Road in West Chester, OH
July 16 LaRosa’s at 5130 Camelot Drive in Fairfield, OH
August 20 El Rancho Nuevo at 2870 Menards Boulevard in Fairfield Township, OH
September 17 Asian Lantern at 965 Main Street in Hamilton, OH
October 15 Skyline Chili at 1190 Hicks Boulevard & Route 4 in Fairfield, OH
November 19 Texas Roadhouse at 1366 Main Street in Hamilton, OH
December 17 Old Spaghetti Factory at 6320 South Gilmore Road in Fairfield, OH
HAMARC 10 Meter Roundtables and 2 Meter Simplex Chats
Every Friday 9 PM (EDT) local time on 28.410 (+/-) is the Tom KA4WRR silent key 10-M roundtable. Though Tom has passed on, the tradition of his roundtable... one of the oldest in our area... will continue.
Saturdays at 9 PM (EDT) local time on 28.485 (+/-) is the Bob KD8RLA silent key 10-meter roundtable.
2-meter simplex "chat" Wednesdays. Open to all... join in and meet new friends!
Each Wednesday evening at 8 PM local time we have a "chat" on 146.565 simplex. Feel free to join in and meet some of our members! We encourage any licensed operator in the aera to join in and say hello, all are welcome!